And they [I] call this the Dead Zone. While the grim months of July and August still lie ahead with its promise of a steady diet of cooking shows, mostly unsuccessful attempts to find something on History worth watching and [gasp] reading books, June has turned into about the busiest sports-viewing month ever. This is [...]

Got World Cup fever yet? If you haven’t yet contracted this strange malady that seems to sweep the rest of the world every four years while barely registering a blip in the United States, you are not alone. But, there are some of us who have at least experienced World Cup sniffles. I must confess [...]

The following is historical fact unless it is not. The United States again celebrates Independence Day, July 4th. This day, in 1776, the Founding Fathers signed the Declaration of Independence, declaring their freedom from England and the establishment of a new nation based on liberty. The author of that Declaration was Thomas Jefferson, who was [...]